Two hours before, he and I had a wonderful conversation, laughed about pushy people and poor biographers and threatened each other with "You have to do THAT story."

Life, it's but a vapor. Like a mist on the horizon you see it for a while and then it dissipates and you are left only with the feeling and the memory that it was once there.

Claude's life was the all- enveloping mist. Once in his presence, you were immediately enclosed in his sphere.

His good humor was infectious; his lack of staying on track exasperating, but yet somehow endearing; his naivete refreshing.

For the last 17 months I was surrounded by Claude, both personally and professionally and each and every day was a session in"What will Claude do/say next?"

My Claude stories are legion–too many for this space.

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